Loving County, Texas

Founding: 1931 (declared in 1887)
Parent county: Reeves

Namesake: Oliver Loving, Texas rancher
Seat: Mentone (1931–)

Land area: 669 square miles

Population (2020): 64

Population (historic): 285 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1940; 1980s; 2000s

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): N/A
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 43.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,138
Average outbuilding value (1930): $450
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 14
Average farm size (1920): 32.6 acres
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Mentone

Namesake: Menton, France

Founding: 1931 (platting); 1931 (post office)

Population (2020): 22

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 0
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